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The European Interuniversity Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) and 41 participating universities from all member states of the European Union are proud to present to you the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA) 2017/2018. E.MA is an intensive one-year course aimed at educating up to 100 professionals annually …

Transnational Law and Justice Network Call for Papers: Transnational Criminal Law in the Americas May 4-5, 2017 Transnational organized crime is a major threat to international security. This has been recognized by the United Nations Report of the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change. One country’s success in limiting …

President Trump Could (and Might Actually) Unilaterally Recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel by Julian Ku As we all continue to digest the stunning election results from last week, I continue to focus on ways in which a President Trump could use his substantial powers over foreign affairs in …

Manual de juicios justos ¿Conocen el Manual de juicios justos preparado por Amnesty International? La primera edición es de 1998 y la segunda de 2014. Es una traducción del original en inglés (Fair Trial Manual). Se puede descargar completo gratuitamente aquí. [via aquiescencia]

Crimea: Does “The West“ Now Pay the Price for Kosovo? There is a lingering sentiment on this blog (see the posts by Nico Krisch and Christian Marxsen) that “the Kosovo issue” has facilitated the blatant violations of international law recently committed by Russia with regard to Crimea (notably the unlawful …

Recognition of States in International Law: For Sale News reports indicate that former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo (pictured left) recently pleaded guilty in federal court in New York to accepting $2.5 million in bribes from Taiwanese officials in exchange for assurances of continued diplomatic recognition during his tenure in office …

U.S. Says Iran’s Pick for U.N. Envoy Won’t Get a Visa WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday said it would bar an Iranian diplomat nominated as United Nations ambassador from entering the country, in a rebuke to Iran at a time when the United States is engaged in delicate …

CRC Concluding Observations on the Holy See The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child released today its concluding observations on the second periodic report of the Holy See. The report is making waves in the media because of the Committee’s very strong condemnation of the inadequacy of the …

OUP Debate Map on “Disputes in the South and East China Seas” Readers interested in the territorial and maritime boundary disputes between China and her neighbours in the South and East China Seas will welcome the creation by Oxford University Press of a “Debate Map” on the topic. The  “Debate Map” is …

Celebrado con motivo del centenario de la Revolución de mayo de 1810, y bajo los auspicios de la Facultad de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Una Exposición de Higiene se realizó conjuntamente con el susodicho Congreso. No ha sido posible conseguir datos más detallados sobre esta reunión. Obras a consultar: Exhibilion …

Esta Oficina, organizada de acuerdo con dertas disposidones de los convenios relativos a la Unión Postal de las Américas y España, funciona actualmente de conformidad con el Artículo 21 del Convenio suscrito en Panamá el 22 de diciembre de 1936, así como con un Reglamento concertado entre la Oficina Internacional …